#nighteyes

[hippodameia]

Nighteyes watching over Bee. Okay just tell me you want to make me cry

[perfectmanisperfect]

bro i just miss nighteyes he’s not even real and rereading won’t help. how can i miss what i never had

like yeah fitz made me cry once but nighteyes made me sob. put me in a two week reading break i couldn’t open golden fool.

shout out nighteyes no one will ever be you again

[shep-hawke]

Fitz's theme song is "Aviators - Undying" and here's why

Let's get this right out of the way: Yes, I'm aware the song is actually about Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. That is interesting but irrelevant to my point.

In this post I'm going to break down the lyrics of the song and explain why it makes me think of Fitz so intensely. We'll be touching on his journey in the Farseer Trilogy only (so, spoilers ahead).

Trapped in spirit to the earth Where shadows find their due rebirth - he died and was in the ground until he was resurrected, hello??

My blade has fallen but rises new My final blow will still strike true - this could refer to him being resurrected and ready to serve again after his dying as well, or it could be about his doomed quest to kill Regal (he thinks his blade will strike true, the poor baby)

A gift, a curse, but not my own - this could be refering to either Skill or Wit, as both of them were great boons to him but also caused him an inhuman amount of suffering both physically and mentally...

A wish to guide this power home - ...but because of this line i'm more inclined to think it's about Skill, the power of it being Verity, and how Fitz would very much like to bring Verity home so as not to be the realm's only hope anymore (and also because he loves Verity and wants him home)

Through all the ghosts along the way I'll live to fight another day - our boy is not allowed retirement. Even if he has to die, even if he has to take help from people presumed dead or existing only to some (Chade, Kettle, Verity, even the Fool) (so, "ghosts" so to speak), or from those that died trying to help him (like Smithy) (who are actual ghosts i guesss), Fitz *will* live to fight another day. He is forbidden from dying.

Breath of the unyielding wind - SKILL

The dragon within keeps the flesh alive To absolve my sin - Verity. Verity who's building his dragon body out of rock, that yoinked Fitz' body and yeeted him into Nighteyes, all to "absolve" Fitz of his foolish foolish endeavor of assassinating Regal (which is a sin because he did it for his own vengeance boner, it was not in service to the royal family, and more so it even went to break his promise since he wanted to kill a member of the royal family (even if he was a dick))

i'm the thief with a mark - a thief, yes. Shrewd's power play where he made Fitz steal something from him marked him as a thief. Mark is also the pin Shrewd gave him to solidify their oath to each other. Fitz also has countless scars that mark him, as well as Skill fingerprints on his wrist. Our boy is makred all over.

Redeemed by the will of the undying spark The wolf in the dark (The wolf in the dark) - the one good thing in his life, his conscience, his life preserver (in his case literally) IS a wolf in the dark. Nighteyes.

I am bound by monarch the thief with a mark - Shrewd. Thief. Marks.

The undying spark - Skill. Wit. He's not allowed to die.

the wolf in the dark - Nighteyes. Assassin. He's a wolf in the dark as much as Nighteyes. (...)

Land of conquest, age of war The likes I've never seen before - this part is all about the Forged and their unleashing onto the Dutchies.

With spirit's rising, and dead unrest - could be about the forged, as they behave in an undead type of way. Could also be about Fitz - he is a risen undead, too, as creepy as it is to think about it.

This immortality's a test A gift, a curse, but not my own - him being risen, it's not fun. It is also a gift, yes, he gets to live. But also, it was not his own wish, and he is trapped into serving again (both by genuine loyalty but also out of duty, obliged with his very life now)

(...)

I rot the world around us As the colors turn to gray In a tale of death and pestilence These footprints soon decay - this could be from when Fitz spirit was joining Nighteyes in the wolf's body (so the colors turning to gray could be because he was dying, but also because he was gaining a wolf's vision). And while humans deal with assassinations and poisonings and Forging, human FOOTprints decay (i think this could be about how Fitz's efforts would never be recognized and he would never be thanked for what he'd done in service to the crown - such is the job of the royal assassin).... Wolves don't need to deal with any of that.

So let us fade together To a pure and mortal dream I'll fight my way to get there With this power in my bloodstream - this is from Nighteyes and Fitz' POV at the same time. He often refers to his time with Nighteyes as a large portion of his life even though it was mere days (weeks?) he spent there. It was timeless and dream-like. He longed it the rest of his life. And the power in his bloodstream is, of course, Wit - the very power that allowed him to do the things he'd done, including coming back to life, and living with his wolf, as a wolf.

(...)

It's a good song, and I recommend it! And just check out Aviators, really good stuff. A Thousand Eyes (collab with Miracle of Sound) is one of my favorites.

Thoughts?

[weefslider]

a weird fucked up boy and his weird fucked up dog

[tragediegh]

one week out from finishing ROTE: I will never love again these are real people 2 me and I have no choice but to go into mourning like a Victorian widow. It was always that serious. goodbye cruel world. I will never be the same

half a decade out from finishing ROTE: Beloved huffs pit, probably. There's a non-zero chance Fitz is getting his pits sniffed in that wolf and Nighteyes is watching it happen.

[papercuts-blog]

"If all I had ever done was to be born and discovered, I would have left a mark across all the land for all time. I grew up fatherless and motherless in a court where all recognized me as a catalyst. And a catalyst I become."

This line made no sense to me while starting the series and now make every sense to me, in all ways possible. The heart goes out to Fitz, young Fitz, fatherless, motherless Fitz, loyal to the king Fitz even it means giving up everything.

It's not hate that I feel for Molly, it's like how every one feels their own pain is the hardest to bear and ignore what the other person sacrifices.

There's a Fitz shape hole in my chest .

[perfectmanisperfect]

the clock hits midnight and my brain can’t think of nothing but rote so badly that i have to force myself to sleep or it’s all consuming like why am i sitting in bed thinking about nighteyes. well obviously it’s because he’s the best character ever but also sleep is important and then i start thinking about amber

what is a normal reaction to reading a book series??? i wouldn’t know